''Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.)'' is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper

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. Originally scheduled for a summer 2000 release, the album was released on December 4, 2001, via

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and Fat Joe's Terror Squad Productions. Recording sessions took place at TMF Studios, The Crackhouse,

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and

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, The Hit Factory Criteria and Circle House Studios in

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, TransContinental Studios in

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, The Studio in

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, and The Enterprise in

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. Production was handled by Buckwild,

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, Ron G,

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, Bink!, Chink Santana, Cool & Dre, DJ Nasty & LVM, Psycho Les, Reef, Rockwilder, Sean C, Self and Younglord. It features

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s from Remy Ma, Armageddon, Prospect, R. Kelly, Ashanti,

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, M.O.P., Noreaga,

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and

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. The album serves as a sequel to Fat Joe's second album, ''

Jealous One's Envy ''Jealous One's Envy'' is the second solo studio album by American rapper Fat Joe, who had previously released his first album under the name Fat Joe da Gangsta. It was released on October 24, 1995, via Relativity Records. Production was handled ...

'', released in 1995, and prequels his ninth solo LP, ''

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'', which was released in 2009.

Singles

The album was supported with two singles: " We Thuggin'" and " What's Luv?". Its

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, "We Thuggin'", released on October 2, 2001 prior to the album, made it to number 15 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, number 37 in Australia, number 48 on the UK singles chart and number 70 in Germany. The second single off of the album, "What's Luv?", released on February 4, 2002, peaked at number two on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and in Switzerland, number four in Australia and the UK, number five in New Zealand, number seven in the Netherlands, number ten in Germany, and also made it to the Top 20 in Canada, Norway, Denmark, Scotland, Wallonia and Ireland. It achieved Gold certifications by the

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and the

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and Platinum certification by the BPI. An accompanying music video for the song was directed by

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Commercial performance

In the United States, the album debuted at number 37 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 6 on the

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charts on the week of December 22, 2001. It peaked at number 21 on the ''Billboard'' 200 on the week of April 20, 2002. It received a platinum certification by the

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on May 22, 2002 for shipping and selling over a million copies in the US alone. The album marks Fat Joe's first entry into the

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and the Scottish Albums Chart, reaching number 19 and number 45, respectively. It also made it to the UK Hip Hop and R&B Albums Chart, peaking at number 5. The album was certified Silver by the

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on May 17, 2002 for sales of 60,000 copies in the United Kingdom. To date, it is Fat Joe's best selling album.

Track listing

Sample credits *Track 3 contains excerpts from the composition "Just Memories", written by Leonard Caston Jr. and Anita Poree, performed by

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. *Track 4 contains excerpts from "

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", written by Jesse Farrow, performed by

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. *Track 8 contains samples from the composition "

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", written by Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Eddie Holland, as performed by Margie Joseph. *Track 14 contains excerpts from "

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", written by Louis Freese, Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud,

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and

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, performed by

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. *Track 16 contains interpolations from the composition "Ike's Rap I" written by

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. *Track 17 contains excerpts from "You're the Joy of My Life", written by Raeford Gerald and Reginald Spruill, performed by Millie Jackson.

Personnel

*Joseph "

" Cartagena — vocals, executive producer *Mark "

" Myrie — vocals (track 3) *Reminisce " Remy Martin" Smith — vocals (tracks: 4, 5, 11, 18) * Robert Kelly — vocals (tracks: 7, 18) *Jamal " Lil' Fame" Grinnage — vocals (track 8) *Eric " Billy Danze" Murray — vocals (track 8) *Moses "

" Barrett III — vocals (track 8) * Ashanti Douglas — vocals (track 9) *Jeffrey "

" Atkins — vocals (track 9) *Richard "Prospect" Perez — vocals (tracks: 11, 16) *Christopher "

" Bridges — vocals (track 13) *John "Armageddon" Eaddy — vocals (tracks: 13, 15), co-executive producer *Alvin "

" Joiner — vocals (track 16) *Trevor "

" Smith — vocals (track 18) *Victor " Noreaga" Santiago — vocals (track 18) *Kid Ra-Ye — additional vocals (track 2) *

DJ Khaled Khaled Mohammed Khaled (; born November 26, 1975), known professionally as DJ Khaled, is an American DJ and record producer. Originally a Miami-based radio personality, Khaled has since become known for enlisting high-profile music industry ar ...

— additional vocals (track 3) *Ed Goldson — guitar & bass (tracks: 1, 14) *Levar "DJ LV" Coppin — scratches (track 14), programming (track 1) *Lenny "LVM" Mollings — keyboards & producer (track 16) *Lester " Psycho Les" Fernandez — producer (track 2) *Marcello "Cool" Valenzano — producer (track 3) *Andre "Dre" Lyon — producer (track 3) *Edward "Self" Hinson — producer (track 4) *Irving "

" Lorenzo — producer & mixing (tracks: 4, 9) *Daniel Alan " The Alchemist" Maman — producer (track 5) *Anthony " Buckwild" Best — producer (tracks: 6, 17) *Ronald "Ron G" Bowser — producer (tracks: 7, 18) *Rob "Reef" Tewlow — producer (track 8), co-executive producer, A&R *Andre " Chink Santana" Parker — producer (track 9) *Richard " Younglord" Frierson — producer & mixing (track 11) *Roosevelt " Bink!" Harrell III — producer (track 13) *Deleno " Sean Cane" Matthews — producer (track 14), programming (track 1) *Dana " Rockwilder" Stinson — producer (track 15) *Johnny David "DJ Nasty" Mollings — producer (track 16) *Christian "Soundboy" Delatour — recording (tracks: 1–8, 13–18), additional recording (track 11), recording assistant (track 9), mixing (track 1) *James "Milwaukee Buck" Olowokere — recording (track 9) *Christos Tsantilis — recording (track 11) *Fabian Marasciullo — additional recording (track 3) *Charles Hee — additional recording (track 4) *Collin York — additional recording (track 4) *Abel Garibaldi — additional recording (tracks: 7, 18) *Ian Mereness — additional recording (tracks: 7, 18) *Bart Migal — additional recording & mixing assistant (track 13) *Jeff Chestek — additional recording (track 16) *Asif Ali — additional recording (track 18) *Gimel " Young Guru" Keaton — additional recording (track 18) *Tom DeKorte — recording assistant (tracks: 1–9, 13–18), additional recording assistant (track 11), mixing assistant (track 1) *Toshikazu Yoshioka — recording assistant (tracks: 1–9, 13–18), additional recording assistant (track 11), mixing assistant (track 1) *Tavar Johnson — recording assistant (track 9), additional recording assistant (track 4) *Terry "Murda Mac" Herbert — recording assistant (track 9) *Vadim Chislov — additional recording assistant (track 3) *Brian Kraz — additional recording assistant (track 4) *Louis Diaz — additional recording assistant (track 4) *Andy Gallas — additional recording assistant (tracks: 7, 18) *Bojan Dugić — additional recording assistant (track 18) * Ken "Duro" Ifill — mixing (tracks: 2, 3, 5–8, 11, 14–18) *Carlisle Young — mixing (track 4) *Brian Springer — mixing (track 9) *Doug Wilson — mixing (track 13) *Andrew Felluss — mixing assistant (tracks: 2, 5, 15) *Paul Gregory — mixing assistant (tracks: 3, 7, 8, 11, 14, 16) *Kris Lewis — mixing assistant (track 4) *Rene Antelmann — mixing assistant (track 4) *Timmy Olmstead — mixing assistant (tracks: 6, 17, 18) *Aaron Lepley — mixing assistant (track 9) *Blair Wells — additional engineering (track 14), digital editing *

Chris Gehringer Chris Gehringer (born May 27, 1962) is an American mastering engineer at Sterling Sound in New Jersey. Gehringer is known for having mastered recordings by popular artists such as AJR, Dua Lipa, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Gwen Stefani, Harry Styles, ...

— mastering *

Leon Zervos Leon Zervos is a mastering engineer who has worked with artists including Pink, Rihanna, Maroon 5, Beastie Boys, and Willie Nelson. Life and career Leon Zervos began his mastering career in 1982 at the then EMI Studios 301 in Sydney, where ...

— additional mastering *Thomas Bricker — art direction, design *Piotr Sikora — photography *Deborah Mannis-Gardner — sample clearances *Anne Declemente — A&R *Craig Rosen — A&R *Gregg Nadel — A&R *James Lopez — marketing *Lorena Rios — stylist

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2001 albums Sequel albums Fat Joe albums Atlantic Records albums Albums produced by Buckwild Albums produced by Irv Gotti Albums produced by Cool & Dre Albums produced by Rockwilder Albums produced by Grind Music Albums produced by Chink Santana Albums recorded at Chung King Studios Albums produced by Bink (record producer) Albums produced by the Alchemist (musician)